US20100232546A1 - Relay Link Control Channel Design - Google Patents
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- the terms “user agent” and “UA” might in some cases refer to mobile devices such as mobile telephones, personal digital assistants, handheld or laptop computers, and similar devices that have telecommunications capabilities. Such a UA might consist of a UA and its associated removable memory module, such as but not limited to a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) that includes a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) application, a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) application, or a Removable User Identity Module (R-UIM) application. Alternatively, such a UA might consist of the device itself without such a module. In other cases, the term “UA” might refer to devices that have similar capabilities but that are not transportable, such as desktop computers, set-top boxes, or network appliances. The term “UA” can also refer to any hardware or software component that can terminate a communication session for a user. Also, the terms “user agent,” “UA,” “user equipment,” “UE,” “user device” and “user node” might be used synonymously herein.
- LTE Long-term evolution
- an LTE system might include an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) node B (eNB), a wireless access point, or a similar component rather than a traditional base station.
- E-UTRAN Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
- eNB Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network node B
- wireless access point a wireless access point, or a similar component rather than a traditional base station.
- the term “access node” will refer to any component of the wireless network, such as a traditional base station, a wireless access point, or an LTE eNB, that creates a geographical area of reception and transmission coverage allowing a UA or a relay node to access other components in a telecommunications system.
- the term “access node” and “access device” may be used interchangeably, but it is understood that an access node may comprise a plurality of hardware and software.
- the term “access node” does not refer to a “relay node,” which is a component in a wireless network that is configured to extend or enhance the coverage created by an access node or another relay node.
- the access node and relay node are both radio components that may be present in a wireless communications network, and the terms “component” and “network node” may refer to an access node or relay node. It is understood that a component might operate as an access node or a relay node depending on its configuration and placement. However, a component is called a “relay node” only if it requires the wireless coverage of an access node or other relay node to access other components in a wireless communications system. Additionally, two or more relay nodes may used serially to extend or enhance coverage created by an access node.
- An LTE system can include protocols such as a Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol, which is responsible for the assignment, configuration, and release of radio resources between a UA and a network node or other LTE equipment.
- RRC Radio Resource Control
- the RRC protocol is described in detail in the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Technical Specification (TS) 36.331.
- 3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project
- TS Technical Specification
- the two basic RRC modes for a UA are defined as “idle mode” and “connected mode.”
- the UA may exchange signals with the network and perform other related operations, while during the idle mode or state, the UA may shut down at least some of its connected mode operations. Idle and connected mode behaviors are described in detail in 3GPP TS 36.304 and TS 36.331.
- the signals that carry data between UAs, relay nodes, and access nodes can have frequency, time, and coding parameters and other characteristics that might be specified by a network node.
- a connection between any of these elements that has a specific set of such characteristics can be referred to as a resource.
- the terms “resource,” “communications connection,” “channel,” and “communications link” might be used synonymously herein.
- a network node typically establishes a different resource for each UA or other network nodes with which it is communicating at any particular time.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a wireless communication system that includes a relay node, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram of a carrier downlink subframe according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a processor and related components suitable for implementing the several embodiments of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 4 illustrates subframes in a relay-based transmission, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
- FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a discrepancy in control region sizes, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
- FIG. 6 illustrates another example of a discrepancy in control region sizes, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
- FIG. 7 illustrates a relay control channel structure, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a wireless communication system 100 using a relay node 102 , according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
- the present disclosure relates to the use of relay nodes in wireless communications networks, such as LTE or LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) networks, and all of the disclosed and claimed embodiments could be implemented in an LTE-A network.
- LTE corresponds to release 8 and release 9
- LTE-A corresponds to release 10 and possibly beyond release 10.
- the relay node 102 can amplify or repeat a signal received from a UA 110 and cause the modified signal to be received at an access node 106 .
- the relay node 102 receives a signal with data from the UA 110 and then generates a new and/or different signal to transmit the data to the access node 106 .
- the relay node 102 can also receive data from the access node 106 and deliver the data to the UA 110 .
- the relay node 102 might be placed near the edges of a cell so that the UA 110 can communicate with the relay node 102 rather than communicating directly with the access node 106 for that cell.
- a cell is a geographical area of reception and transmission coverage. Cells can overlap with each other. In the typical example, there is one access node associated with each cell. The size of a cell is determined by factors such as frequency band, power level, and channel conditions.
- Relay nodes such as relay node 102 , can be used to enhance coverage within or near a cell, or to extend the size of coverage of a cell. Additionally, the use of a relay node 102 can enhance throughput of a signal within a cell because the UA 110 can access the relay node 102 at a higher data rate or a lower power transmission than the UA 110 might use when communicating directly with the access node 106 for that cell. Transmission at a higher data rate using the same amount of bandwidth creates higher spectrum efficiency, and lower power benefits the UA 110 by consuming less battery power.
- Relay nodes generally, can be divided into three types: layer one relay nodes, layer two relay nodes, and layer three relay nodes.
- a layer one relay node is essentially a repeater that can retransmit a transmission without any modification other than amplification and slight delay.
- a layer two relay node can demodulate and decode a transmission that it receives, re-encode the result of the decoding, and then transmit the modulated data.
- a layer three relay node can have full radio resource control capabilities and can thus function similarly to an access node.
- the radio resource control protocols used by a relay node may be the same as those used by an access node, and the relay node may have a unique cell identity typically used by an access node.
- a relay node is distinguished from an access node by the fact that it requires the presence of at least one access node (and the cell associated with that access node) or other relay node to access other components in a telecommunications system.
- the illustrative embodiments are primarily concerned with layer two or layer three relay nodes. Therefore, as used herein, the term “relay node” will not refer to layer one relay nodes, unless specifically stated otherwise.
- the links that allow wireless communication can be said to be of three distinct types.
- Third, communication that passes directly between the UA 110 and the access node 106 without passing through the relay node 102 is said to occur over a direct link 112 .
- the terms “access link,” “relay link,” and “direct link” are used in this document according to the meaning described by FIG. 1 .
- the carrier downlink subframe 200 may be transmitted by the access node 106 and received by the relay node 102 via the relay link and/or the UA 110 via the direct link 112 .
- the carrier downlink subframe 200 comprises a plurality of orthogonal frequency multiplexing (OFDM) symbols sequenced from left to right from symbol 0 to symbol M ⁇ 1, where the symbol 0 is transmitted by the access node 106 before the symbol 1 is transmitted by the access node 106 , where the symbol 1 is transmitted by the access node 106 before the symbol 2 is transmitted by the access node 106 , and so forth.
- OFDM orthogonal frequency multiplexing
- a data symbol is user information that has gone through at least one encoding step.
- An OFDM symbol is a series of data symbols, each modulated on a contiguous series of OFDM subcarriers.
- a collection of M symbols comprises a physical resource block.
- the carrier downlink subframe 200 comprises a plurality of physical resource blocks. While FIG. 2 illustrates the carrier downlink subframe 200 comprising 50 physical resource blocks RB 0 through RB 49 , it is understood that in other embodiments the carrier downlink subframe 200 may comprise either fewer or more resource blocks.
- Downlink control information may be provided in the first OFDM symbols 202 of the subframe 200 .
- the downlink control information provided in the first OFDM symbols 202 may comprise one or more of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical control format information channel (PCFICH), and a physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channel (PHICH). These control channels are intended for the use of UEs and may be ignored by the relay node.
- the remainder of the OFDM symbols in the downlink subframe 200 after the first block 202 may be referred to as a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) 204 that in LTE is intended for user plane data being sent to UEs.
- PDSCH physical downlink shared channel
- the PDSCH 204 may comprise a relay downlink control information (R-DCI) block 206 containing control information directed to the relay node 102 .
- R-DCI relay downlink control information
- the relay node 102 is in a fixed location and has good link quality.
- the R-DCI block 206 is preferably transmitted by the access node 106 in about a middle of or a center frequency range of the resource blocks.
- the number of resource blocks used for the R-DCI block 206 may be pre-configured and/or fixed. In another embodiment, however, the number of resource blocks used for the R-DCI block 206 may be dynamically defined and may be conveyed to the relay node 102 by a variety of mechanisms including in a higher layer message.
- the R-DCI block 206 may be transmitted by the access node 106 between resource block 19 and resource block 30 , for example in one or more of resource block 20 through resource block 29 .
- the R-DCI block 206 is transmitted by the access node 106 in a plurality of adjacent resource blocks. In an embodiment, the R-DCI block 206 is transmitted by the access node 106 in a plurality of contiguous resource blocks. In another embodiment, the R-DCI block 206 is transmitted by the access node 106 in a plurality of non-contiguous resource blocks. It is contemplated by the present disclosure that, by confining the resource blocks of the R-DCI block 206 to a sub-range of the carrier frequency band, some embodiments of the relay node 102 may deploy a radio transceiver configured to operate over the subject sub-range of the carrier frequency band, possibly reducing the cost of the relay nodes 102 .
- the access node 106 may modulate and transmit the R-DCI block 206 using a relatively high modulation order because the relay link 104 has a relatively high link quality.
- the access node 106 may be configured to use one of a 16-quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) modulation constellation, a 64-QAM modulation constellation, and a 256-QAM modulation constellation to modulate and transmit the R-DCI block 206 to the relay node 102 .
- the R-DCI in one subframe may use a different modulation constellation than in a previous or subsequent subframe.
- the relay node 102 may be configured to demodulate the R-DCI block 206 using one of a 16-QAM modulation constellation, a 64-QAM modulation constellation, and a 256-QAM modulation constellation.
- the modulation information is pre-configured and/or fixed.
- the R-DCI block 206 may comprise a fixed number of OFDM symbols, for example one OFDM symbol or two OFDM symbols. Alternatively, in another embodiment, the R-DCI block 206 may comprise a variable number N of OFDM symbols. The present disclosure contemplates a number of design alternatives for providing the value of the number N to the relay node 102 .
- the R-DCI block 206 may comprise a relay physical control format information channel (R-PCFICH) that conveys the value of the number N from the access node 106 to the relay node 102 .
- the R-PCFICH may be located in the first OFDM symbol of the R-DCI block 206 .
- the access node 106 may convey and/or signal the value of the number N to the relay node 102 via one of a broadcast control channel (BCCH) and a medium access control (MAC) control element. In another embodiment, the access node 106 may convey and/or signal the value of the number N to the relay node 102 via a radio resource control (RRC) element. In another embodiment, the access node 106 may convey and/or signal the value of the number N to the relay node 102 via a higher layer message.
- BCCH broadcast control channel
- MAC medium access control
- RRC radio resource control
- the access node 106 may convey and/or signal the value of the number N to the relay node 102 via a higher layer message.
- the R-DCI block 206 may comprise the R-PCFICH information described above. Additionally, in an embodiment, the R-DCI block 206 may further comprise a relay physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) and/or a relay downlink physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channel (R-PHICH). In an embodiment, the number of OFDM symbols and/or the number of resource blocks allocated to the R-PCFICH, the R-PDCCH, and the R-PHICH may be configured by the access node 106 .
- R-PDCCH relay physical downlink control channel
- R-PHICH relay downlink physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channel
- the relay data may be placed anywhere in the PDSCH block 204 but not in the R-DCI block 206 .
- the relay data may be assigned and modulated anywhere in the PDSCH 204 or following the R-DCI 206 .
- the relay data may comprise traffic for the relay node 102 to relay on to the UA 110 via the access link 108 .
- the relay data may also comprise higher layer control signals directed to the relay node 102 .
- the downlink grants for the relay data may be placed in the same resource blocks that are allocated to the R-DCI block 206 for symbols after the R-DCI block 206 has been transmitted, for example the second block 208 .
- the downlink grants for the relay data may be assigned to a different set of resource blocks, for example the third block 210 .
- a UA 110 may be in communication with the access node 106 via the direct link 112 and may receive a downlink grant for data in the fourth block 212 .
- the location of the second, third, and fourth blocks 208 , 210 , 212 are exemplary and may be located in different places within the PDSCH block 204 .
- a legacy UA 110 may not be assigned a downlink grant in the second block 208 .
- a future or more advanced UA 110 may be assigned a downlink grant in the second block 208 .
- FIG. 3 illustrates an example of a system 1300 that includes a processing component 1310 suitable for implementing one or more embodiments disclosed herein.
- the system 1300 might include network connectivity devices 1320 , random access memory (RAM) 1330 , read only memory (ROM) 1340 , secondary storage 1350 , and input/output (I/O) devices 1360 .
- RAM random access memory
- ROM read only memory
- secondary storage 1350 secondary storage
- I/O input/output
- These components might communicate with one another via a bus 1370 . In some cases, some of these components may not be present or may be combined in various combinations with one another or with other components not shown.
- DSP digital signal processor
- the processor 1310 executes instructions, codes, computer programs, or scripts that it might access from the network connectivity devices 1320 , RAM 1330 , ROM 1340 , or secondary storage 1350 (which might include various disk-based systems such as hard disk, floppy disk, or optical disk). While only one CPU 1310 is shown, multiple processors may be present. Thus, while instructions may be discussed as being executed by a processor, the instructions may be executed simultaneously, serially, or otherwise by one or multiple processors.
- the processor 1310 may be implemented as one or more CPU chips.
- the network connectivity devices 1320 may take the form of modems, modem banks, Ethernet devices, universal serial bus (USB) interface devices, serial interfaces, token ring devices, fiber distributed data interface (FDDI) devices, wireless local area network (WLAN) devices, radio transceiver devices such as code division multiple access (CDMA) devices, global system for mobile communications (GSM) radio transceiver devices, worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) devices, and/or other well-known devices for connecting to networks.
- These network connectivity devices 1320 may enable the processor 1310 to communicate with the Internet or one or more telecommunications networks or other networks from which the processor 1310 might receive information or to which the processor 1310 might output information.
- the network connectivity devices 1320 might also include one or more transceiver components 1325 capable of transmitting and/or receiving data wirelessly.
- the RAM 1330 might be used to store volatile data and perhaps to store instructions that are executed by the processor 1310 .
- the ROM 1340 is a non-volatile memory device that typically has a smaller memory capacity than the memory capacity of the secondary storage 1350 .
- ROM 1340 might be used to store instructions and perhaps data that are read during execution of the instructions. Access to both RAM 1330 and ROM 1340 is typically faster than to secondary storage 1350 .
- the secondary storage 1350 is typically comprised of one or more disk drives or tape drives and might be used for non-volatile storage of data or as an over-flow data storage device if RAM 1330 is not large enough to hold all working data. Secondary storage 1350 may be used to store programs that are loaded into RAM 1330 when such programs are selected for execution.
- the I/O devices 1360 may include liquid crystal displays (LCDs), touch screen displays, keyboards, keypads, switches, dials, mice, track balls, voice recognizers, card readers, paper tape readers, printers, video monitors, or other well-known input/output devices.
- the transceiver 1325 might be considered to be a component of the I/O devices 1360 instead of or in addition to being a component of the network connectivity devices 1320 .
- Relays can be used to enhance system throughput and extend coverage.
- One way to view a relay in an LTE-A system is as two back-to-back transceivers, one that communicates with an access node and one that communicates with a UE. It is technically difficult and probably expensive to design a relay node that has sufficient radio frequency front-end isolation to allow the relay to receive and transmit on the same frequency. This has the implication that there may need to be some sort of time-division duplex (TDD) scheme that allows the relay to receive at one time on a particular frequency and later to transmit on it.
- TDD time-division duplex
- Relays are being specified for Release 10 (R10) deployments.
- a relay In order for a relay to support Release 8 (R8) UEs, there may need to be a downlink transmission of at least the physical control channel information (PDCCH) on every subframe.
- the control channel transmission comprises the first few OFDM symbols (between 1 and 4). If the transmission has only a PDCCH, it is called an MBSFN subframe. (There are legacy reasons for this name.)
- MBSFN subframes are used to allow downlink transfers from the access node to the relay on the relay link, as shown in FIG. 4 .
- the downlink transfer of information from the access node to the relay is called the downlink backhaul.
- the relay transmits the control region (e.g., PDCCH) on the downlink (to the UE) and then in some way disables its transmitter and starts receiving the downlink transmission from the access node for at least most, if not all, of the remaining part of the MBSFN subframe.
- the control region e.g., PDCCH
- a relay may be required to transmit at least a PDCCH symbol on every subframe. This means that the only time a relay can receive downlink backhaul information from the access node is during an MBSFN subframe.
- the control region can be one or two OFDM symbols. However, the control region of a normal subframe can be up to 3 or 4 OFDM symbols.
- the relay cannot receive data from the access node during the control region of the relay MBSFN subframe. After the control region, the relay node can receive the data from the access node. Due to the potential discrepancy in the size of the control region of a normal subframe and the size of the control region of the relay MBSFN subframe, three different scenarios could arise.
- the relay MBSFN subframe has a larger control region than the corresponding access node subframe.
- the control region of the relay MBSFN subframe might have two OFDM symbols, while the control region of the access node subframe might have only one OFDM symbol.
- FIG. 5 the relay may miss a part of the PDSCH of the access node subframe.
- the relay MBSFN subframe has a smaller control region than the corresponding access node subframe.
- the control region of relay MBSFN subframe might have two OFDM symbols, while the control region of the access node subframe might have three OFDM symbols.
- FIG. 6 the relay may attempt to start receiving the PDSCH of the access node subframe earlier than necessary. The relay can ignore the received symbols until the PDSCH portion of the subframe starts. No data loss over the access node subframe will occur from point of view of the relay.
- the relay MBSFN subframe has the same size control region as the corresponding access node subframe.
- the control region of the relay MBSFN subframe might have two OFDM symbols, and the control region of the access node subframe might also have two OFDM symbols.
- the relay node can start to receive the PDSCH of the access node subframe exactly on time. But considering the relay switching delay, some data loss may occur.
- the access node subframe has a fixed-size control region.
- the access node subframe could be fixed at two OFDM symbols.
- the control region of the access node subframe could be fixed at three OFDM symbols.
- the relay will never miss any data from the access node.
- the size of the fixed control region for the access node during the relay MBSFN subframe can be configured semi-statically and broadcast on the broadcast control channel (BCCH) to the relay.
- BCCH broadcast control channel
- control region of the access node subframe is flexible. Inside the PDSCH, the access node transmits data to the relay starting from the second or third OFDM symbol regardless of the control region of the access node subframe.
- the first of these two solutions may be slightly preferred since it simplifies the relay control channel design and the relay data transmission from the access node.
- the starting time of the relay reception during a MBSFN subframe can be semi-statically configured to the relay node by the access node.
- the relay can receive the relay link downlink transmission only after transmitting the first N PDCCH MBSFN symbols on the access link. Since the PCFICH and PHICH are always transmitted in the first OFDM symbol, the existing R8 control channel design including PCFICH and PHICH cannot be received by the relay. Hence, a new control channel may need to be designed for the data being sent to the relay on the downlink backhaul. In an embodiment, the data could fit in the unused OFDM symbols that follow the PDCCH (i.e., in the PDCCH).
- the design of an efficient relay control channel may need to take into consideration that fact that the access node may transmit to donor cell UEs and relays during the same downlink subframe and the fact that the relatively small number of relays in a cell compared to UEs and the expected good link quality mean that the amount of relay control information may be limited and invariant.
- the amount of relay downlink control information may be small for one or more of the following three reasons.
- the control information consists mostly of downlink and uplink grants. Since the number of relays in the system is smaller than the number of UEs, the number of grants will be smaller. It can be assumed that there will be a data aggregation scheme such that the data for many UEs will be consolidated and sent to the relay using the relay's ID. Hence, the downlink relay control information may not require as much resource as the current PDCCH.
- the relay link is fixed and has better link quality than the access link.
- a higher modulation order on the physical control channel e.g., 16-QAM or 64-QAM
- spatial multiplexing may be used to reduce the required physical resources for the relay control channel.
- the relay link control information is directed to the relay node only (using the relay ID). Therefore, when the access node transmits multiple users' data to the relay, only one joint downlink grant is delivered to the relay node using the relay ID (i.e., there is no separate control information per user). This further reduces the control information amount for the relay link.
- FIG. 7 shows the relay downlink control information (R-DCI) being transmitted in the resource blocks (RBs) at the center of the carrier.
- the number of RBs can be pre-configured.
- the number of OFDM symbols of the R-DCI is indicated by the relay physical control format indicator channel (R-PCFICH) in a manner similar to that of the PCFICH.
- R-PCFICH relay physical control format indicator channel
- the remaining OFDM symbols in the MBSFN subframe after the R-DCI can be used for downlink data transmission for the relay or LTE-A (R10) UEs. This area cannot be used for R8 UEs since they cannot understand an R-DCI that will be specified in a later release. From the scheduler point of view, the relay and the R10 UEs can be assigned any RBs over the PDSCH portion of the MBSFN subframe, while the R8 UEs can be assigned to any RBs outside the R-DCI.
- the R-PCFICH can be located at the first symbol of the R-DCI but spread in frequency for diversity gain.
- the relay after receiving the R-PCFICH, the relay blindly decodes the relay physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) based on the relay ID in a manner similar to how a R8 UE decodes the PDCCH.
- R-PDCCH relay physical downlink control channel
- grant messages can be formatted in a way that the relay knows how to receive data following the R-DCI or in the PDSCH. If the relay node successfully decodes the R-PDCCH, the relay node will be able to find any physical resource for the shared channel data transmission.
- the access node does not use the reserved R-PDCCH and R-PCFICH resources for data transmission with donor cell UEs.
- a few resource blocks in the middle of the downlink channel can be reserved to place the R-PDCCH and the R-PCFICH.
- the R-PDCCH may need to be kept as narrow as possible; however, as demand increases it may widen.
- the location of the RBs that contain the R-PDCCH can be configured by the access node.
- the relay node may have a smaller bandwidth compared to the access node. Placing the control channel in the center frequency can ensure that a relay node with smaller bandwidth is still able to receive the relay control information. If the control channel is distributed over the whole band or placed at the band edge, the relay node may need the same bandwidth configuration as the access node.
- limiting the number of RBs for the relay control information increases the scheduling flexibility for the donor cell UEs. As seen in FIG. 7 , the resources used to transmit the donor cell UEs are the RBs in region 3 excluding region 1 and region 2 . Therefore, by limiting the frequency domain size of region 1 and region 2 , the donor cell UEs can have more scheduling flexibility.
- the access node may grant uplink resources for the relay-to-access node transmission.
- the uplink grant for the UEs is only valid for one subframe.
- the access node may need to send an uplink grant unless semi-persistent scheduling is configured. Since the relay can only listen to the access node on certain subframes (the MBSFN subframes), and it is be difficult for the UE to transmit during the MBSFN subframe, more flexibility in the uplink scheduling grant information might be needed. In particular, it may be useful to have the ability to assign the subframe information in the relay uplink grant.
- multiple uplink transmission opportunities are given to the relay instead of only one uplink transmission opportunity per grant. For example, in the uplink grant for the relay, the access node can notify the relay that it can transmit later.
- a wireless communication system comprising an access node configured to transmit an R-DCI in a plurality of resource blocks.
- another wireless communication system comprises a relay node configured to receive an R-DCI in a plurality of resource blocks.
- a method for wireless communication comprises transmitting an R-DCI block in a plurality of resource blocks.
- another method for wireless communication.
- the method comprises receiving an R-DCI block in a plurality of resource blocks.
- 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
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- The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/160,156, filed Mar. 13, 2009, by Yi Yu, et al, entitled “Relay Link Control Channel Design” (35081-US-PRV-4214-15800); U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/160,158, filed Mar. 13, 2009, by Yi Yu, et al, entitled “Relay Reception Synchronization System and Method” (35130-US-PRV-4214-15900); and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/160,163, filed Mar. 13, 2009, by Yi Yu, et al., entitled “Resource Assignments for Relay System and Method” (35131-US-PRV-4214-16000), all of which are incorporated by reference herein as if reproduced in its entirety.
- As used herein, the terms “user agent” and “UA” might in some cases refer to mobile devices such as mobile telephones, personal digital assistants, handheld or laptop computers, and similar devices that have telecommunications capabilities. Such a UA might consist of a UA and its associated removable memory module, such as but not limited to a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) that includes a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) application, a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) application, or a Removable User Identity Module (R-UIM) application. Alternatively, such a UA might consist of the device itself without such a module. In other cases, the term “UA” might refer to devices that have similar capabilities but that are not transportable, such as desktop computers, set-top boxes, or network appliances. The term “UA” can also refer to any hardware or software component that can terminate a communication session for a user. Also, the terms “user agent,” “UA,” “user equipment,” “UE,” “user device” and “user node” might be used synonymously herein.
- As telecommunications technology has evolved, more advanced network access equipment has been introduced that can provide services that were not possible previously. This network access equipment might include systems and devices that are improvements of the equivalent equipment in a traditional wireless telecommunications system. Such advanced or next generation equipment may be included in evolving wireless communications standards, such as long-term evolution (LTE). For example, an LTE system might include an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) node B (eNB), a wireless access point, or a similar component rather than a traditional base station. As used herein, the term “access node” will refer to any component of the wireless network, such as a traditional base station, a wireless access point, or an LTE eNB, that creates a geographical area of reception and transmission coverage allowing a UA or a relay node to access other components in a telecommunications system. In this document, the term “access node” and “access device” may be used interchangeably, but it is understood that an access node may comprise a plurality of hardware and software.
- The term “access node” does not refer to a “relay node,” which is a component in a wireless network that is configured to extend or enhance the coverage created by an access node or another relay node. The access node and relay node are both radio components that may be present in a wireless communications network, and the terms “component” and “network node” may refer to an access node or relay node. It is understood that a component might operate as an access node or a relay node depending on its configuration and placement. However, a component is called a “relay node” only if it requires the wireless coverage of an access node or other relay node to access other components in a wireless communications system. Additionally, two or more relay nodes may used serially to extend or enhance coverage created by an access node.
- An LTE system can include protocols such as a Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol, which is responsible for the assignment, configuration, and release of radio resources between a UA and a network node or other LTE equipment. The RRC protocol is described in detail in the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Technical Specification (TS) 36.331. According to the RRC protocol, the two basic RRC modes for a UA are defined as “idle mode” and “connected mode.” During the connected mode or state, the UA may exchange signals with the network and perform other related operations, while during the idle mode or state, the UA may shut down at least some of its connected mode operations. Idle and connected mode behaviors are described in detail in 3GPP TS 36.304 and TS 36.331.
- The signals that carry data between UAs, relay nodes, and access nodes can have frequency, time, and coding parameters and other characteristics that might be specified by a network node. A connection between any of these elements that has a specific set of such characteristics can be referred to as a resource. The terms “resource,” “communications connection,” “channel,” and “communications link” might be used synonymously herein. A network node typically establishes a different resource for each UA or other network nodes with which it is communicating at any particular time.
- For a more complete understanding of this disclosure, reference is now made to the following brief description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and detailed description, wherein like reference numerals represent like parts.
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FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a wireless communication system that includes a relay node, according to an embodiment of the disclosure. -
FIG. 2 is a diagram of a carrier downlink subframe according to an embodiment of the disclosure. -
FIG. 3 illustrates a processor and related components suitable for implementing the several embodiments of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 4 illustrates subframes in a relay-based transmission, according to an embodiment of the disclosure. -
FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a discrepancy in control region sizes, according to an embodiment of the disclosure. -
FIG. 6 illustrates another example of a discrepancy in control region sizes, according to an embodiment of the disclosure. -
FIG. 7 illustrates a relay control channel structure, according to an embodiment of the disclosure. - It should be understood at the outset that although illustrative implementations of one or more embodiments of the present disclosure are provided below, the disclosed systems and/or methods may be implemented using any number of techniques, whether currently known or in existence. The disclosure should in no way be limited to the illustrative implementations, drawings, and techniques illustrated below, including the exemplary designs and implementations illustrated and described herein, but may be modified within the scope of the appended claims along with their full scope of equivalents.
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FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating awireless communication system 100 using arelay node 102, according to an embodiment of the disclosure. Generally, the present disclosure relates to the use of relay nodes in wireless communications networks, such as LTE or LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) networks, and all of the disclosed and claimed embodiments could be implemented in an LTE-A network. In some contexts, it may be said that LTE corresponds to release 8 and release 9 while LTE-A corresponds to release 10 and possibly beyond release 10. Therelay node 102 can amplify or repeat a signal received from aUA 110 and cause the modified signal to be received at anaccess node 106. In some implementations of arelay node 102, therelay node 102 receives a signal with data from the UA 110 and then generates a new and/or different signal to transmit the data to theaccess node 106. Therelay node 102 can also receive data from theaccess node 106 and deliver the data to the UA 110. Therelay node 102 might be placed near the edges of a cell so that the UA 110 can communicate with therelay node 102 rather than communicating directly with theaccess node 106 for that cell. - In radio systems, a cell is a geographical area of reception and transmission coverage. Cells can overlap with each other. In the typical example, there is one access node associated with each cell. The size of a cell is determined by factors such as frequency band, power level, and channel conditions. Relay nodes, such as
relay node 102, can be used to enhance coverage within or near a cell, or to extend the size of coverage of a cell. Additionally, the use of arelay node 102 can enhance throughput of a signal within a cell because the UA 110 can access therelay node 102 at a higher data rate or a lower power transmission than the UA 110 might use when communicating directly with theaccess node 106 for that cell. Transmission at a higher data rate using the same amount of bandwidth creates higher spectrum efficiency, and lower power benefits the UA 110 by consuming less battery power. - Relay nodes, generally, can be divided into three types: layer one relay nodes, layer two relay nodes, and layer three relay nodes. A layer one relay node is essentially a repeater that can retransmit a transmission without any modification other than amplification and slight delay. A layer two relay node can demodulate and decode a transmission that it receives, re-encode the result of the decoding, and then transmit the modulated data. A layer three relay node can have full radio resource control capabilities and can thus function similarly to an access node. The radio resource control protocols used by a relay node may be the same as those used by an access node, and the relay node may have a unique cell identity typically used by an access node. For the purpose of this disclosure, a relay node is distinguished from an access node by the fact that it requires the presence of at least one access node (and the cell associated with that access node) or other relay node to access other components in a telecommunications system. The illustrative embodiments are primarily concerned with layer two or layer three relay nodes. Therefore, as used herein, the term “relay node” will not refer to layer one relay nodes, unless specifically stated otherwise.
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communication system 100, the links that allow wireless communication can be said to be of three distinct types. First, when the UA 110 is communicating with theaccess node 106 via therelay node 102, the communication link between the UA 110 and therelay node 102 is said to occur over anaccess link 108. Second, the communication between therelay node 102 and theaccess node 106 is said to occur over arelay link 104. Third, communication that passes directly between theUA 110 and theaccess node 106 without passing through therelay node 102 is said to occur over adirect link 112. The terms “access link,” “relay link,” and “direct link” are used in this document according to the meaning described byFIG. 1 . - Turning now to
FIG. 2 , acarrier downlink subframe 200 is discussed. Thecarrier downlink subframe 200 may be transmitted by theaccess node 106 and received by therelay node 102 via the relay link and/or theUA 110 via thedirect link 112. Thecarrier downlink subframe 200 comprises a plurality of orthogonal frequency multiplexing (OFDM) symbols sequenced from left to right from symbol 0 to symbol M−1, where the symbol 0 is transmitted by theaccess node 106 before thesymbol 1 is transmitted by theaccess node 106, where thesymbol 1 is transmitted by theaccess node 106 before thesymbol 2 is transmitted by theaccess node 106, and so forth. An OFDM symbol is different from a data symbol. A data symbol is user information that has gone through at least one encoding step. An OFDM symbol is a series of data symbols, each modulated on a contiguous series of OFDM subcarriers. A collection of M symbols comprises a physical resource block. Thecarrier downlink subframe 200 comprises a plurality of physical resource blocks. WhileFIG. 2 illustrates thecarrier downlink subframe 200 comprising 50 physical resource blocks RB0 through RB49, it is understood that in other embodiments thecarrier downlink subframe 200 may comprise either fewer or more resource blocks. - Downlink control information may be provided in the
first OFDM symbols 202 of thesubframe 200. The downlink control information provided in thefirst OFDM symbols 202 may comprise one or more of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical control format information channel (PCFICH), and a physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channel (PHICH). These control channels are intended for the use of UEs and may be ignored by the relay node. The remainder of the OFDM symbols in thedownlink subframe 200 after thefirst block 202 may be referred to as a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) 204 that in LTE is intended for user plane data being sent to UEs. In LTE-A thePDSCH 204 may comprise a relay downlink control information (R-DCI) block 206 containing control information directed to therelay node 102. In an embodiment, it is possible that therelay node 102 is in a fixed location and has good link quality. - In an embodiment, the R-
DCI block 206 is preferably transmitted by theaccess node 106 in about a middle of or a center frequency range of the resource blocks. In an embodiment, the number of resource blocks used for the R-DCI block 206 may be pre-configured and/or fixed. In another embodiment, however, the number of resource blocks used for the R-DCI block 206 may be dynamically defined and may be conveyed to therelay node 102 by a variety of mechanisms including in a higher layer message. In an embodiment, the R-DCI block 206 may be transmitted by theaccess node 106 between resource block 19 and resource block 30, for example in one or more of resource block 20 through resource block 29. In an embodiment, the R-DCI block 206 is transmitted by theaccess node 106 in a plurality of adjacent resource blocks. In an embodiment, the R-DCI block 206 is transmitted by theaccess node 106 in a plurality of contiguous resource blocks. In another embodiment, the R-DCI block 206 is transmitted by theaccess node 106 in a plurality of non-contiguous resource blocks. It is contemplated by the present disclosure that, by confining the resource blocks of the R-DCI block 206 to a sub-range of the carrier frequency band, some embodiments of therelay node 102 may deploy a radio transceiver configured to operate over the subject sub-range of the carrier frequency band, possibly reducing the cost of therelay nodes 102. - In an embodiment, the
access node 106 may modulate and transmit the R-DCI block 206 using a relatively high modulation order because therelay link 104 has a relatively high link quality. In an embodiment, theaccess node 106 may be configured to use one of a 16-quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) modulation constellation, a 64-QAM modulation constellation, and a 256-QAM modulation constellation to modulate and transmit the R-DCI block 206 to therelay node 102. The R-DCI in one subframe may use a different modulation constellation than in a previous or subsequent subframe. Correspondingly, in an embodiment, therelay node 102 may be configured to demodulate the R-DCI block 206 using one of a 16-QAM modulation constellation, a 64-QAM modulation constellation, and a 256-QAM modulation constellation. In one embodiment, the modulation information is pre-configured and/or fixed. - In an embodiment, the R-
DCI block 206 may comprise a fixed number of OFDM symbols, for example one OFDM symbol or two OFDM symbols. Alternatively, in another embodiment, the R-DCI block 206 may comprise a variable number N of OFDM symbols. The present disclosure contemplates a number of design alternatives for providing the value of the number N to therelay node 102. In one embodiment, the R-DCI block 206 may comprise a relay physical control format information channel (R-PCFICH) that conveys the value of the number N from theaccess node 106 to therelay node 102. In an embodiment, the R-PCFICH may be located in the first OFDM symbol of the R-DCI block 206. In another embodiment, theaccess node 106 may convey and/or signal the value of the number N to therelay node 102 via one of a broadcast control channel (BCCH) and a medium access control (MAC) control element. In another embodiment, theaccess node 106 may convey and/or signal the value of the number N to therelay node 102 via a radio resource control (RRC) element. In another embodiment, theaccess node 106 may convey and/or signal the value of the number N to therelay node 102 via a higher layer message. - In an embodiment, the R-
DCI block 206 may comprise the R-PCFICH information described above. Additionally, in an embodiment, the R-DCI block 206 may further comprise a relay physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) and/or a relay downlink physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channel (R-PHICH). In an embodiment, the number of OFDM symbols and/or the number of resource blocks allocated to the R-PCFICH, the R-PDCCH, and the R-PHICH may be configured by theaccess node 106. - In an embodiment, the relay data may be placed anywhere in the PDSCH block 204 but not in the R-
DCI block 206. The relay data may be assigned and modulated anywhere in thePDSCH 204 or following the R-DCI 206. The relay data may comprise traffic for therelay node 102 to relay on to theUA 110 via theaccess link 108. The relay data may also comprise higher layer control signals directed to therelay node 102. In an embodiment, the downlink grants for the relay data may be placed in the same resource blocks that are allocated to the R-DCI block 206 for symbols after the R-DCI block 206 has been transmitted, for example thesecond block 208. Alternatively, the downlink grants for the relay data may be assigned to a different set of resource blocks, for example thethird block 210. In an embodiment, aUA 110 may be in communication with theaccess node 106 via thedirect link 112 and may receive a downlink grant for data in thefourth block 212. One skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the location of the second, third, andfourth blocks PDSCH block 204. In an embodiment, alegacy UA 110 may not be assigned a downlink grant in thesecond block 208. In another embodiment, a future or moreadvanced UA 110 may be assigned a downlink grant in thesecond block 208. - The
UA 110 and other components described above might include a processing component that is capable of executing instructions related to the actions described above.FIG. 3 illustrates an example of asystem 1300 that includes aprocessing component 1310 suitable for implementing one or more embodiments disclosed herein. In addition to the processor 1310 (which may be referred to as a central processor unit or CPU), thesystem 1300 might includenetwork connectivity devices 1320, random access memory (RAM) 1330, read only memory (ROM) 1340,secondary storage 1350, and input/output (I/O)devices 1360. These components might communicate with one another via abus 1370. In some cases, some of these components may not be present or may be combined in various combinations with one another or with other components not shown. These components might be located in a single physical entity or in more than one physical entity. Any actions described herein as being taken by theprocessor 1310 might be taken by theprocessor 1310 alone or by theprocessor 1310 in conjunction with one or more components shown or not shown in the drawing, such as a digital signal processor (DSP) 1302. Although theDSP 502 is shown as a separate component, theDSP 502 might be incorporated into theprocessor 1310. - The
processor 1310 executes instructions, codes, computer programs, or scripts that it might access from thenetwork connectivity devices 1320,RAM 1330,ROM 1340, or secondary storage 1350 (which might include various disk-based systems such as hard disk, floppy disk, or optical disk). While only oneCPU 1310 is shown, multiple processors may be present. Thus, while instructions may be discussed as being executed by a processor, the instructions may be executed simultaneously, serially, or otherwise by one or multiple processors. Theprocessor 1310 may be implemented as one or more CPU chips. - The
network connectivity devices 1320 may take the form of modems, modem banks, Ethernet devices, universal serial bus (USB) interface devices, serial interfaces, token ring devices, fiber distributed data interface (FDDI) devices, wireless local area network (WLAN) devices, radio transceiver devices such as code division multiple access (CDMA) devices, global system for mobile communications (GSM) radio transceiver devices, worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) devices, and/or other well-known devices for connecting to networks. Thesenetwork connectivity devices 1320 may enable theprocessor 1310 to communicate with the Internet or one or more telecommunications networks or other networks from which theprocessor 1310 might receive information or to which theprocessor 1310 might output information. Thenetwork connectivity devices 1320 might also include one ormore transceiver components 1325 capable of transmitting and/or receiving data wirelessly. - The
RAM 1330 might be used to store volatile data and perhaps to store instructions that are executed by theprocessor 1310. TheROM 1340 is a non-volatile memory device that typically has a smaller memory capacity than the memory capacity of thesecondary storage 1350.ROM 1340 might be used to store instructions and perhaps data that are read during execution of the instructions. Access to bothRAM 1330 andROM 1340 is typically faster than tosecondary storage 1350. Thesecondary storage 1350 is typically comprised of one or more disk drives or tape drives and might be used for non-volatile storage of data or as an over-flow data storage device ifRAM 1330 is not large enough to hold all working data.Secondary storage 1350 may be used to store programs that are loaded intoRAM 1330 when such programs are selected for execution. - The I/
O devices 1360 may include liquid crystal displays (LCDs), touch screen displays, keyboards, keypads, switches, dials, mice, track balls, voice recognizers, card readers, paper tape readers, printers, video monitors, or other well-known input/output devices. Also, thetransceiver 1325 might be considered to be a component of the I/O devices 1360 instead of or in addition to being a component of thenetwork connectivity devices 1320. - Additional embodiments and disclosure are now provided.
- Relays can be used to enhance system throughput and extend coverage. One way to view a relay in an LTE-A system is as two back-to-back transceivers, one that communicates with an access node and one that communicates with a UE. It is technically difficult and probably expensive to design a relay node that has sufficient radio frequency front-end isolation to allow the relay to receive and transmit on the same frequency. This has the implication that there may need to be some sort of time-division duplex (TDD) scheme that allows the relay to receive at one time on a particular frequency and later to transmit on it.
- Relays are being specified for Release 10 (R10) deployments. In order for a relay to support Release 8 (R8) UEs, there may need to be a downlink transmission of at least the physical control channel information (PDCCH) on every subframe. The control channel transmission comprises the first few OFDM symbols (between 1 and 4). If the transmission has only a PDCCH, it is called an MBSFN subframe. (There are legacy reasons for this name.) MBSFN subframes are used to allow downlink transfers from the access node to the relay on the relay link, as shown in
FIG. 4 . The downlink transfer of information from the access node to the relay is called the downlink backhaul. - During an MBSFN subframe, the relay transmits the control region (e.g., PDCCH) on the downlink (to the UE) and then in some way disables its transmitter and starts receiving the downlink transmission from the access node for at least most, if not all, of the remaining part of the MBSFN subframe. Because of R8 UE requirements, a relay may be required to transmit at least a PDCCH symbol on every subframe. This means that the only time a relay can receive downlink backhaul information from the access node is during an MBSFN subframe.
- In an MBSFN subframe, the control region can be one or two OFDM symbols. However, the control region of a normal subframe can be up to 3 or 4 OFDM symbols. The relay cannot receive data from the access node during the control region of the relay MBSFN subframe. After the control region, the relay node can receive the data from the access node. Due to the potential discrepancy in the size of the control region of a normal subframe and the size of the control region of the relay MBSFN subframe, three different scenarios could arise.
- In a first scenario, the relay MBSFN subframe has a larger control region than the corresponding access node subframe. For example, the control region of the relay MBSFN subframe might have two OFDM symbols, while the control region of the access node subframe might have only one OFDM symbol. This scenario is shown in
FIG. 5 . In this case, the relay may miss a part of the PDSCH of the access node subframe. - In a second scenario, the relay MBSFN subframe has a smaller control region than the corresponding access node subframe. For example, the control region of relay MBSFN subframe might have two OFDM symbols, while the control region of the access node subframe might have three OFDM symbols. This scenario is shown in
FIG. 6 . In this case, the relay may attempt to start receiving the PDSCH of the access node subframe earlier than necessary. The relay can ignore the received symbols until the PDSCH portion of the subframe starts. No data loss over the access node subframe will occur from point of view of the relay. - In a third scenario, the relay MBSFN subframe has the same size control region as the corresponding access node subframe. For example, the control region of the relay MBSFN subframe might have two OFDM symbols, and the control region of the access node subframe might also have two OFDM symbols. In this case, the relay node can start to receive the PDSCH of the access node subframe exactly on time. But considering the relay switching delay, some data loss may occur.
- Two possible solutions for the above problems might be implemented on the access node transmission side. In one solution, during the relay MBSFN subframe, the access node subframe has a fixed-size control region. For example, the access node subframe could be fixed at two OFDM symbols. Alternatively, considering the possible delay for the relay to switch from transmit mode to receive mode, the control region of the access node subframe could be fixed at three OFDM symbols. In this solution, the relay will never miss any data from the access node. The size of the fixed control region for the access node during the relay MBSFN subframe can be configured semi-statically and broadcast on the broadcast control channel (BCCH) to the relay.
- In another solution, the control region of the access node subframe is flexible. Inside the PDSCH, the access node transmits data to the relay starting from the second or third OFDM symbol regardless of the control region of the access node subframe.
- The first of these two solutions may be slightly preferred since it simplifies the relay control channel design and the relay data transmission from the access node.
- In either of these solutions, on the relay reception side, the starting time of the relay reception during a MBSFN subframe can be semi-statically configured to the relay node by the access node.
- The relay can receive the relay link downlink transmission only after transmitting the first N PDCCH MBSFN symbols on the access link. Since the PCFICH and PHICH are always transmitted in the first OFDM symbol, the existing R8 control channel design including PCFICH and PHICH cannot be received by the relay. Hence, a new control channel may need to be designed for the data being sent to the relay on the downlink backhaul. In an embodiment, the data could fit in the unused OFDM symbols that follow the PDCCH (i.e., in the PDCCH).
- The design of an efficient relay control channel may need to take into consideration that fact that the access node may transmit to donor cell UEs and relays during the same downlink subframe and the fact that the relatively small number of relays in a cell compared to UEs and the expected good link quality mean that the amount of relay control information may be limited and invariant.
- The amount of relay downlink control information may be small for one or more of the following three reasons. First, the control information consists mostly of downlink and uplink grants. Since the number of relays in the system is smaller than the number of UEs, the number of grants will be smaller. It can be assumed that there will be a data aggregation scheme such that the data for many UEs will be consolidated and sent to the relay using the relay's ID. Hence, the downlink relay control information may not require as much resource as the current PDCCH.
- Second, the relay link is fixed and has better link quality than the access link. A higher modulation order on the physical control channel (e.g., 16-QAM or 64-QAM), as well as spatial multiplexing, may be used to reduce the required physical resources for the relay control channel.
- Third, the relay link control information is directed to the relay node only (using the relay ID). Therefore, when the access node transmits multiple users' data to the relay, only one joint downlink grant is delivered to the relay node using the relay ID (i.e., there is no separate control information per user). This further reduces the control information amount for the relay link.
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FIG. 7 shows the relay downlink control information (R-DCI) being transmitted in the resource blocks (RBs) at the center of the carrier. In an embodiment, the number of RBs can be pre-configured. Also, in an embodiment, the number of OFDM symbols of the R-DCI is indicated by the relay physical control format indicator channel (R-PCFICH) in a manner similar to that of the PCFICH. The remaining OFDM symbols in the MBSFN subframe after the R-DCI can be used for downlink data transmission for the relay or LTE-A (R10) UEs. This area cannot be used for R8 UEs since they cannot understand an R-DCI that will be specified in a later release. From the scheduler point of view, the relay and the R10 UEs can be assigned any RBs over the PDSCH portion of the MBSFN subframe, while the R8 UEs can be assigned to any RBs outside the R-DCI. - The R-PCFICH can be located at the first symbol of the R-DCI but spread in frequency for diversity gain. In an embodiment, after receiving the R-PCFICH, the relay blindly decodes the relay physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) based on the relay ID in a manner similar to how a R8 UE decodes the PDCCH. In the R-PDCCH, grant messages can be formatted in a way that the relay knows how to receive data following the R-DCI or in the PDSCH. If the relay node successfully decodes the R-PDCCH, the relay node will be able to find any physical resource for the shared channel data transmission.
- To avoid interference, the access node does not use the reserved R-PDCCH and R-PCFICH resources for data transmission with donor cell UEs. A few resource blocks in the middle of the downlink channel can be reserved to place the R-PDCCH and the R-PCFICH. The R-PDCCH may need to be kept as narrow as possible; however, as demand increases it may widen. The location of the RBs that contain the R-PDCCH can be configured by the access node.
- Placing the limited number of reserved PRBs for the relay control channel around the center frequency has at least two advantages. First, the relay node may have a smaller bandwidth compared to the access node. Placing the control channel in the center frequency can ensure that a relay node with smaller bandwidth is still able to receive the relay control information. If the control channel is distributed over the whole band or placed at the band edge, the relay node may need the same bandwidth configuration as the access node. Second, limiting the number of RBs for the relay control information increases the scheduling flexibility for the donor cell UEs. As seen in
FIG. 7 , the resources used to transmit the donor cell UEs are the RBs in region 3 excludingregion 1 andregion 2. Therefore, by limiting the frequency domain size ofregion 1 andregion 2, the donor cell UEs can have more scheduling flexibility. - In the R-DCI, the access node may grant uplink resources for the relay-to-access node transmission. Currently in the R8 LTE specification, the uplink grant for the UEs is only valid for one subframe. For each uplink transmission, the access node may need to send an uplink grant unless semi-persistent scheduling is configured. Since the relay can only listen to the access node on certain subframes (the MBSFN subframes), and it is be difficult for the UE to transmit during the MBSFN subframe, more flexibility in the uplink scheduling grant information might be needed. In particular, it may be useful to have the ability to assign the subframe information in the relay uplink grant. In an embodiment, in one uplink grant, multiple uplink transmission opportunities are given to the relay instead of only one uplink transmission opportunity per grant. For example, in the uplink grant for the relay, the access node can notify the relay that it can transmit later.
- In an embodiment, a wireless communication system is provided. The system comprises an access node configured to transmit an R-DCI in a plurality of resource blocks.
- In another embodiment, another wireless communication system is provided. The system comprises a relay node configured to receive an R-DCI in a plurality of resource blocks.
- In another embodiment, a method is provided for wireless communication. The method comprises transmitting an R-DCI block in a plurality of resource blocks.
- In another embodiment, another method is provided for wireless communication. The method comprises receiving an R-DCI block in a plurality of resource blocks.
- The following are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes: 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Technical Specification (TS) 36.813 and 3GPP TS 36.814.
- While several embodiments have been provided in the present disclosure, it should be understood that the disclosed systems and methods may be embodied in many other specific forms without departing from the spirit or scope of the present disclosure. The present examples are to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive, and the intention is not to be limited to the details given herein. For example, the various elements or components may be combined or integrated in another system or certain features may be omitted, or not implemented.
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